Alexander BesantMay 22, 2013 12:08Updated May 22, 2013 08:21

A coalition of countries that back the Syrian uprising met Wednesday in Amman to discuss US-Russia brokered peace talks.

Syria: four Filipino peacekeepers released

Ellen ConnollyMay 12, 2013 11:14

Four Filipino UN peacekeepers abducted in Syria released.

Syria denies role in Turkey car bombing that killed at least 46 people (PHOTOS)

Alexander Besant and Tracey SheltonMay 12, 2013 10:00Updated May 12, 2013 15:10

Syrian government officials have denied the country's role in a deadly car bombing in southern Turkey.

Syria denies role in Turkey car bombing that killed at least 46 people

Alexander BesantMay 12, 2013 10:00

Syrian government officials have denied the country's role in a deadly car bombing in southern Turkey.

UN peacekeepers seized in Golan Heights for the second time this year

Jill LangloisMay 7, 2013 11:32

Reuters reported that Syrian rebel group Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for taking the group of Filipinos, saying it is holding the peacekeepers to keep them safe after clashes in the area put them in danger.

Kerry meets Putin in Moscow on Syria mission

Daniel DeFraiaMay 7, 2013 10:16Updated May 7, 2013 13:14

"The United States believes that we share some very significant common interests with respect to Syria — stability in the region, not having extremists creating problems throughout the region and elsewhere," Kerry said.

Turkish PM Erdogan calls airstrikes on Syria 'unacceptable'

Priyanka Boghani and Noga TarnopolskyMay 7, 2013 10:08

Turkey's premier called the airstrikes that hit military sites in Syria over the weekend "unacceptable" on Tuesday.

Turkish doctors say no nerve gas in Syrian victims' blood

Tracey Shelton and Erin CunninghamMay 5, 2013 06:00

REYHANLI, Turkey — Doctors in Turkey say initial tests of the blood of Syrian victims of a suspected chemical weapons attack for sarin gas returned negative.

Hezbollah convoy in Syria destroyed by Israeli airstrike

Alexander Besant and Noga TarnopolskyMay 4, 2013 08:21

An Israeli airstrike destroyed a convoy in Syria allegedly carrying weapons to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah Friday, Israel officials claimed.

Daniel R. DePetrisMay 6, 2013 06:13

The second war in Syria is a struggle among Assad’s opponents

Commentary: This battle is smaller, but just as vital to the country’s future.

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Rebels celebrate in a street in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa after capturing the city on March 4, 2013. (MOHAMMAD AL-HUSSEIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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The world may be focused on the big fight in Syria between the rebels and Bashar al-Assad’s regime, but there is a smaller, albeit just as significant, second front going on that much of the region’s leaders seem to have either ignored or forgotten.